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FFTC PARTNERS FOR EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES

EIN 92-2022464 CHARLOTTE, NC

Revenue 2024
$300,000
Expenses 2024
$7,149,494

Program services were 89.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S31
Classification
1000
Street
220 N TRYON ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

16 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CARRY OUT GRANT-MAKING AND RELATED PROGRAMS TO FOSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND GREATER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR LOW INCOME AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN THE GREATER CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA.

  • BEYOND OPEN SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM. TO ADMINISTER GRANTS TO CHARLOTTE METRO AREA SMALL BUSINESSES PRIMARILY WITHIN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. GRANTS ARE DIRECTED TO DIVERSE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM TO HELP BUILD ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

    Expenses $6,381,795 · Grants $5,761,500

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jewell Hoover

    CHAIR (RESIGNED 9/5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tonya S Blackmon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lucia Zapata Griffith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Douglas Benson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $328,930
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $258,735
    Other
    $70,195
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $257,700 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,035 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $46,386 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,809 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $328,930 related

  • Alyssa Federico

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $289,954
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $228,835
    Other
    $61,119
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $227,800 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,035 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $41,004 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,115 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $289,954 related

  • Federico Rios

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $291,668
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $228,835
    Other
    $62,833
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $227,800 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,035 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $41,004 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,829 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $291,668 related

  • Cathy Bessant

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $772,357
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $602,970
    Other
    $169,387
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $600,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $2,970 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $166,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,387 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $772,357 related

  • Evan Wolkofsky

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $312,312
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $251,035
    Other
    $61,277
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $250,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,035 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $45,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,277 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $312,312 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $300,000
    Expenses
    $7,149,494
    Contributions
    $300,000
    Grants paid
    $5,761,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $19,334,130
    Expenses
    $12,149,321
    Contributions
    $19,334,130
    Grants paid
    $10,589,032
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $0
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

  • FM AUTO SERVICE INC

    $276,057

    2023 SUPPORT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS GROW

  • MCNICHOLS AUTO GROUP LLC

    $225,000

    2023 SUPPORT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS GROW

  • BLACK WEDNESDAY SOCIAL LLC

    $200,000

    2023 SUPPORT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS GROW

  • C&O TRANSPORTATION LLC

    $200,000

    2023 SUPPORT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS GROW

  • CHRIST CENTERED COMMUNITY COUNSELING PLLC

    $157,000

    2023 SUPPORT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS GROW

  • BYRAMS HOMECARE INC

    $150,000

    2024 SUPPORT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS GROW

  • DAILY VIEW POOLS LLC

    $150,000

    2024 SUPPORT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS GROW

  • MCSASSY LLC

    $150,000

    2024 SUPPORT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS GROW

  • ORIGINAL CHICKEN & RIBS

    $150,000

    2024 SUPPORT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS GROW

  • REBRAND COLLECTIVE LLC

    $150,000

    2024 SUPPORT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS GROW

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SO.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.